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BALANCE OF PASSENGERS
| 题名： | BALANCE OF PASSENGERS |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Terence Uden |
| 摘要： | For as long as I can remember, we have been told that women passengers far outnumber men when it comes to the lowly bus. Indeed, commentators in this age of inclusion and diversity often bemoan the under-representation of the fair sex within the industry, although quite how many ladies with young children would wish to be up at 03:30 to drive a bus or change the brake-linings in a greasy pit is rarely addressed. But it sounds good and ticks boxes. Travelling on many inter-urban, rural and once weekly market day services in particular up until the turn of the century usually confirmed ladies to be the major users. In fact, travel on the latter sometimes took great courage from the lone male. If not viewed with deep suspicion by the driver, the bus would fall silent whilst numerous pairs of eyes watched passage down the gangway. The boldest lady, and there was always one, would usually ask or rather demand, at times belligerently, 'are you from the County Council?'. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 74 |
| 期： | 810 |
| 页码： | 64-64 |
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